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Application filed March 30, 1922. Serial no. 548,168.

a citizen of the United States, and resident of Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Belt Buckles, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to belt buckles and more particularly to the type in whicha frameis provided with a front plate, the rear face of which serves as a clamping surface for one end of a belt, the other end of the belt being anchored on a clamping member which is pivotally mounted on the buckle frame and has a clamping surface arranged to cooperate with the rear face of the front plate to hold the first mentioned belt end against movement. An object of this invention is to provide an improved clamping surface for the clamping member, so constructed as not to injure the belt, while at the same time adapting itself to the thickness of the belt.

To theseand other ends, the invention consists of certain parts and combinations of parts, all of which will be hereinafter described: the novel features being pointed out in the appended claim.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a face view of a belt buckle with the belt ends connected thereto;

Fig. 2 is a side view;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged vertical section through the belt buckle;

Fig. 4 is a detail sectional view with the clamping member removed;

Fig. 5 is a view of oneend of the buckle frame;

Fig. 6 is a detailsectional view showing the clamping member in clamping position;

Fig. 7 is a detail view of the clamping member; and y i Fig. 8 is a rear view of the buckle.

Referring more particularly to the embodiment of the invention herein illustrated, 1 indicates the front plate which is curved longitudinally and transversely and has side flanges 2 projecting from opposite edges thereof. These side flanges, in this instance, have inwardly turned flanges 3 andon these inwardly turned flanges, the clampingmemher is arranged.

The clamping member, in this instance, embodies a pivoted piece having a loop 4 rigid therewith around which an end 5 of the belt is passed. At the inner side of this loop a transverse opening is provided through which a pivot pin flextends, the

pivot pin being shorter than the widthof the loop so that its ends lie within the lines of the endsof such loop. This pivot pin 6 is pivoted to the flanges 3 preferably by extending the ends of said flanges 3 beyond the side flanges .Z'and rolling said extensions i to provide bearing loops 7. The clamping member adacent said pivot pin is provided with a groove extending, in this instance,

parallelwith said pivot and in this groove a strip. 8 of yielding material is secured, the edges of the walls of the groove being bent inwardly at 9 into binding engagementwith the yielding strip 8 so that the strip is firmly held in the groove under compression. The i strip projects beyond the groove and pro-.

vides the clamping surface forfclainping the belt end 11 against the rear faceof the front plate 1. In this instance, this yield ing material is in the formof leather and when it engagesthe belt end 11, it is deflected laterally and compressed thus adapting itself to the thickness of the belt and, furthermore, as it is of soft material, it does not mar the rear face of thebelt end. The laterallydeflected portion tends to straighten out when tension is placed on the belt and tional to the thickness of the belt, increasing with a thin belt. Heretofore, this binding action has been established most generally by a metallic surface which will not accomthere has been provided'in a belt buckle of the type described a clamping member with a clamping surface so formed as to adapt itself to belts of different thicknesses and which .will not mar the belt. a

What Iclaim asmy invention and desire to secure by LettersPatent is:

, A belt buckle comprising a front plate having a rear'face thereof serving as a clamping surface, a clampingmembe1-pivthis straightening action will be propormodate. itself to the thickness of the mate' l otally mounted in rear of the front plate and provided with a belt anchoring member for one end of the belt and formed with a groove extending longitudinally of the pivot of the 'clanipinginember, and a strap of leather mounted the groove projecting be- ,yond the latter and havin the opposite 5 -a1ls.ofthe groove defieote inwardly into I binding engagement with opposite sides, the

projecting portion being adapted to be deflected laterally by the belt es the damping member is moved to clamping position and tend to straighten by the tension on the belt in order to accommodateitself to the thickness of the belt. I

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